France: a pizza chef, member of the Calabrian mafia, arrested in Saint-Étienne after 16 years on the run
In Saint-Étienne, Edgardo Greco called himself Paolo Dimitri and worked as a pizaiolo.
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The Italian Edgardo Greco, alleged member of the Calabrian mafia, the
'Ndrangheta
, was arrested on Thursday morning February 2 in Saint-Étienne, in central-eastern France, after sixteen years on the run, Interpol announced. .
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This sexagenarian sentenced to life imprisonment was arrested by the French police thanks to information from the Italian carabinieri, shared between the two partner countries thanks to the I-Can project (Interpol cooperation against the
'Ndrangheta
).
“
Great satisfaction for this important operation also carried out thanks to the significant synergies developed within the framework of an international network of cooperation between police forces.
Arrests of dangerous fugitives continue
,” Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi said on Twitter, commenting on the arrest.
“
The activity of law enforcement is unceasing, silently involved day after day, in Italy and abroad, in a continuous work to safeguard the safety of citizens
,” he added.
"
The strong action of the State against all forms of organized crime
" will continue "with determination", he promised.
Pizza chef in the evening
Edgardo Greco, 63, worked evenings as a pizza maker in a pizzeria in Saint-Étienne, calling himself Paolo Dimitri - the identity of a criminal from Puglia, according to the Italian news agency AGI.
The fugitive was the subject of a European arrest warrant in 2014 from the public prosecutor's office in Catanzaro (Calabria, southern Italy) after his life sentence for two murders committed in January 1991 and an attempted murder in July 1991 .
He was part of the Perna-Pranno clan at the time, which was the most important in the city of Cosenza, where he lived.
"
He is considered jointly responsible for the ambush of January 5, 1991 which cost the lives of the brothers Stefano and Giuseppe B. who wanted greater autonomy and consideration in the middle of the clans of Cosenza
", explains a press release from the Italian carabinieri. .
The victims had been killed "
with iron bars in a fish warehouse
(...)
and their bodies disappeared and were never found
", according to the same source.
(
With
AFP)
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